Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 46:24
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
The daughter … – i. e., the inhabitants of Egypt shall be disgraced.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. The hand or the people of the north] The Chaldeans.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
That is, into the hand or power of the Chaldeans; it is the same thing which the prophet had before said again and again, and repeats it so often only for the further confirmation of the truth of the prediction, notwithstanding the appearing improbability of any such thing.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13-26. Prophecy of the invasionof Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place sixteen years after thetaking of Jerusalem. Having spent thirteen years in the siege ofTyre, and having obtained nothing for his pains, he is promised byGod Egypt for his reward in humbling Tyre (Eze 29:17-20;Eze 30:1-31). The intestinecommotions between Amasis and Pharaoh-hophra prepared his way(compare Note, see on Isa 19:1,&c.).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded,…. Brought to shame before all the nations of the earth, being conquered by the Chaldeans; that is, the kingdom of Egypt, as the Targum; or the inhabitants of it, being subdued and carried captive:
she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north; the Chaldeans, who dwelt northward of Egypt, as is manifest from what follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He says that Egypt would be ashamed, because it would be brought into the greatest disgrace, for their enemies would treat them reproachfully. By the people of the north he means the Chaldeans, as in many other places; for Babylon was northward of Egypt. he intimates, in short, that the Chaldeans would be proud conquerors, so that they would in a reproachful manner oppress the Egyptians, after having conquered them. It is no wonder that the same thing is often repeated by the Prophet, because the thing was incredible at that time, as we have before said. As then it was difficult to make the Jews believe, that the Chaldeans would become victorious over that nation and land, Jeremiah confirms at large the same thing, for he resolutely struggled with the obstinate unbelief of the people. Let us proceed, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Ver. 24. The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded. ] This is, in plain terms, the sum of all that had been said before. a
a Subiungit epiphonema.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
daughter: Jer 46:11, Jer 46:19, Psa 137:8
she shall: Jer 46:20, Jer 1:15, Eze 29:1 – Eze 32:32
Reciprocal: Eze 32:11 – The sword
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 46:24. Daughter means the country of Egypt waB to be c on founded or confused and defeated. For the significance of the north see the note at Isa 14:31, volume 3.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Like a young girl taken captive against her will, Egypt would suffer shame when the power from the north conquered her.